Justification
Today Thy Mercy Calls Me
- Words:
- Oswald Allen, 1861, alt.
- Music:
- 'Anthes' Friedrich K. Anthes, 1847.
- Setting:
- "Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book", 1931.
- Metre:
- 7 6 7 6 7 6 7 6
- 1Today Thy mercy calls meto wash away my sin;However great my trespass,whate'er I may have been;However long from mercyI may have turned away,Thy blood, O Christ, can wash me,and make me clean today.
- 2Today Thy gate is open,and all who enter inShall find a Father's welcome,and pardon for their sin;The past shall be forgotten,a present joy be given;A future grace be promised,a glorious crown in Heav'n.
- 3Today the Father calls me,the Holy Spirit waits,The blessèd angels gatheraround the heav'nly gates;No question will be asked me,how often I have come;Although I oft have wandered,it is my Father's home.
- 4O all embracing mercy,thou ever open door,What shall I do without theewhen heart and eyes run o'er?When all things seem against me,to drive me to despair,I know one gate is open,one ear will hear my prayer.
Scripture
Topics
In the hymnals
- Written in 1861, the words are in 98 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, Anthes, is in 25 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.